Sustainable Electronic Commerce

Dear Colleagues,

This special issue in Sustainable Electronic Commerce is to disseminate the latest findings and implications in all areas of sustainable electronic commerce.  Sustainability is becoming a big initiative for many businesses, motivated by consumers and business stakeholders to operate in a more sustainable and ethical way,  eventually achieving corporate sustainability.

The electronic commerce is a bridge between the digitalisation of our society and the transition to a more sustainable economy in constant and rapid evolution, shaped by new technologies, new  ideas, new demands, making electronic commerce a sector capable of spearheading innovative sustainable solutions.  In this special issue in Sustainable Electronic Commerce, the scope encompasses the findings and implications of sustainable electronic commerce for societies, businesses, and individuals/consumers, hosting theoretical and empirical research that build a better understanding of sustainable electronic commerce.

Sample topics for sustainable electronic commerce include green electronic commerce; social responsibility and sustainability in sustainable electronic commerce; new technologies for Internet marketing; economics of sustainable electronic commerce; fintech and digital currencies; service provisioning in sustainable electronic commerce; social media technologies and infrastructure; electronic commerce and artificial intelligence; analytical electronic commerce; social commerce; proposed cutting-edge sustainable electronic commerce framework; social networking sites business model; cultural and legal concerns for sustainable electronic commerce; the progress of sustainable electronic commerce; business and organizational transformation using sustainable electronic commerce .

Dr. Bo-chiuan Su
Guest Editor

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